Proposta de implementação de um sistema de gerência de pavimento para vias urbanas

Abstract

Currently, one of the biggest problems of Brazil in relation to the paving is the lack of maintenance or a precarious maintenance, not satisfying the real needs of the structure. As the road modal has great importance for the transportation matrix of the country, and that the damages caused by the inadequate pavement conditions directly affect the economy, it is necessary to execute a management of the road network and the use of models and pavement management system with a technical approach in the agencies responsible for the road network. This work gives an overview on the structure of the pavement and the possible defects that can occur in the pavement and its causes. Next, the topic of Pavement Management System, since its inception, its components, models and methods of performance prediction analysis, as well as other software currently used, is discussed. As the main point of the work, the improvement of a tool to assist companies and public agencies in making decisions regarding maintenance and rehabilitation of the road network for small to medium-sized cities. The software was developed in VBA within Excel and will function as a Pavement Management System, simple but effective within its proposal. It was applied as a case study on a road within the UEMA Campus in São Luís, Maranhão, presenting satisfactory results and opening possibilities for the implementation of new resources, analysis methods and more advanced decision levels